Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Tower Defense games like the famous Desktop Tower Defense (2007). In the news, Ozzy Osbourne made it to 76, the PS5 Store is full of AI slop, Steam is caught up in the war on "pornography", and Deltarune is fantastic.

Rym's solo version of Every Game is the Same Game from Zenkaikon is live!

• Tower Defense Games

• Tower Defense Games

• Tower Defense Games

• Rym - 1984 TSR D&D Role Playing Games Commercial
• Scott - Card Game Rules

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Keiichi Arawi's City the Animation. It's delightful; we reviewed the manga in 2018. In the news, Umamusume: Pretty Derby is a surprisingly popular game, though we had a meh opinion of the anime it's based on.

• City the Animation (2025)

• City the Animation (2025)

• City the Animation (2025)

• Rym - Most Iconic Plugin of all Time
• Scott - Pigeon Won't Let Man Take A Shower

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider why there, broadly, aren't major consumer technology developments lately. In the news, Debian reduces support for i386 and Chrome OS is combining with Android. Also we'll be live at PAX West!

• Why there's no big tech news

• Why there's no big tech news

• Why there's no big tech news

• Rym - The ‘Goal’ That Changed The NHL Forever
• Scott - Hot Spring Shark Attack

Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072 Despite several compelling aspects, its ultimately was a frustrating read which we discuss at length. That said, it's important to have post-apocalyptic works that imagine a better world rather than a worse one, however naive some of the interrogation of the subject ends up being.

• Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune

• Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune

• Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune

• Rym - dogs with a loving family when the frontdoor is slightly open
• Scott - ET Book is a Bembo-like font

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider auction and bidding mechanics in games. In the news, DriveThruRPG chose cowardice, and Microsoft lays of 9,000 people. GeekNights will be live at PAX West with an all new lecture on the same topic as this show! Our talk The Everlasting Game from PAX East is on youtube!

• Auction and Bidding Mechanics

• Auction and Bidding Mechanics

• Auction and Bidding Mechanics

• Rym - I turned down a [REDACTED] show
• Scott - PAC-MAN Superfast!

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Chris Sanders' The Wild Robot (2024), out of Dreamworks. It's fantastic animation and overall a good film. In the news, Rym has ascended to the open comb razor, Diamond's bankruptcy saga continues to be more and more insane by the day, and Rick and Morty has matured into a very good show.

• The Wild Robot (2024)

• The Wild Robot (2024)

• The Wild Robot (2024)

• Rym - ReBoot - CGI making of (1994)
• Scott - Caveat Emptor

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the blinky lights and LEDs the kids are putting on everything including their computers. In the news, Windows 10 has extended security support, Broadcom is desperate to monetize VMware, and the EU forced Apple to comply, at least in the EU.

• Blinky Lights

• Blinky Lights

• Blinky Lights

• Rym - NHL: Refs Mic'd Up Part 2
• Scott - Balatro for the Nintendo E-Reader

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider toilets, washlets, and bidets. (Oh my). In the news, some context on the current Iran conflict, and Apple WWDC25 was mostly uneventful other than keeping old devices going for a while yet.

• Toilets and Bidets and Washlets

• Toilets and Bidets and Washlets

• Toilets and Bidets and Washlets

• Rym - Explaining the Most Bizarre Piano Etude of the 19th Century
• Scott - Restoring the Buran

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider day one of having a Nintendo Switch 2. In the news, Fortnite on the Switch 2 will support objectively superior FPS controls, REMATCH might do what Scott has always wanted, the Blades '68 playtest is done and you will soon be able to play Blades '68! The Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is actually worth buying, and Mario Kart World is fun but the tracks are too wide.

• Nintendo Switch 2: Day One

• Nintendo Switch 2: Day One

• Nintendo Switch 2: Day One

• Rym - The History of Hockey's Most Controversial Strategy
• Scott - Droneboy

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the keeping of houseplants. In the news, the fascists are going after Harvard, but Harvard is fighting back in multiple ways. I recommend the free course "U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies." More interesting is the (not free) Public Leadership Credential. Long Island City finally has good bagels, and next week brings us a bunch of exiting nerd stuff including John Wick: Ballerina, The Phoenician Scheme, and Deltarune. Also Rym got a 1/4 scale Dig Dug machine.

• Houseplants

• Houseplants

• Houseplants

• Rym - Pizza
• Scott - Real Real Japan